The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1936
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
6:43 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.33° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.